Career Opportunities
At SibFU, you can do more than just study — you can start building your career. Students have the opportunity to intern with our partner companies and work in their free time outside of classes. If you plan to live and work in Russia, you can apply for a temporary residence permit for study purposes. After graduation, this gives you six months to find a job and a path to obtaining permanent residency. You can also continue your education or look for work abroad — Russian degrees are automatically recognized in over 70 countries.
Jobs and Internships
At the SibFU Career Center, we help students and graduates find their path to a successful future. We support you at every stage — from landing a job to building personal skills and shaping your career.
In the center's social media group, you will find job and internship listings, career advice, and announcements of events with employers.
Balancing Work and Study
In accordance with Russian law, full-time international students are allowed to work under certain conditions:
- You have a valid student visa and are studying full-time at a public university.
- You only work in your free time (evenings, weekends, holidays). During exams, you may only work if your schedule allows it.
- You can only work in the region (area, territory, or republic) where your university is located.
Risks
Working illegally without proper notification | Fine for you: up to 5,000 rubles + possible deportation Fine for your employer: up to 1 million rubles |
Working in a region different from where you study | This is considered a violation. Based on court rulings from 2024–2025, this can lead to fines and deportation. |
Falling behind academically because of work | You may be expelled. If you lose your student status, your right to work without a patent is automatically canceled. |
Where to find legal work in the Krasnoyarsk Region
If you plan to stay in Russia after graduation and find a job, you need to obtain a special migration status that allows you to remain and work legally.
After Your Degree: Work or Study in Russia
In Russia, full-time international students at public universities can apply for a student temporary residence permit. This is the best way to stay and work legally in Russia after graduation without having to leave the country or apply for a new visa.
This status allows international students to live and work legally in Russia for the entire duration of their studies plus an additional 180 days. It also gives them access to free state health insurance. After graduation, they can apply for permanent residency through a simplified process and later apply for Russian citizenship.
Important: You must apply for this permit while you are still a student, not after you graduate.
Once your student temporary residence permit expires — which is 180 days after you receive your diploma — if you have not obtained permanent residency or citizenship, your employment contract must be terminated.
If you originally entered Russia on a visa, you do not need to leave the country and apply for a new visa. The student temporary residence permit replaces the visa and gives you the right to stay without any additional permission.
Working or Studying Abroad
Russian degrees are automatically recognized in more than 70 countries under intergovernmental agreements on mutual recognition of educational qualifications. This means you can continue your studies or find a job in these countries on equal terms with local graduates.
In some countries, you may need to legalize your diploma — for example, by getting an apostille or going through consular legalization — and provide a notarized translation.
If there is no intergovernmental agreement between Russia and a given country, your degree can still be recognized through an individual procedure called nostrification — the official process of validating foreign educational qualifications.
Russian graduates can also obtain a Diploma Supplement — a document that shows the volume of studied subjects in ECTS credits. This makes the recognition process easier at European universities.
You can check the requirements for a specific country on the official website of the National Centre for Public Accreditation.
For jobs that require a license — such as doctors, teachers, lawyers, and engineers — nostrification of your degree alone is not enough. You will also need to pass qualification exams, complete additional training or internships, and in some countries, prove your professional proficiency in the local language.